On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 10:10:29AM -0600, Justin Kremer wrote: > on my computer at work, i have this in root's crontab and it works pretty > slick: > 30 16 * * * apt-get clean > 37 16 * * * apt-get update > 39 16 * * * apt-get -yd dist-upgrade Why use separate cron jobs for these three steps? What if update takes longer than 2 minutes to run? I'd recommend combining the steps into one cron job: 30 16 * * * apt-get clean && apt-get update && apt-get -yd dist-upgrade Nate _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list